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Seeded by starships from Earth, the world of Erm developed at different rates. Those people living in the east around the continent of Dakana did not retain the technology brought by the ships. Consequently, their rate of development was slower than those living in the western part of the world but this was being rectified quite quickly now.
The avatars of Earth who had accompanied the original ships were worried that the planet would suffer total destruction from pilfering of natural resources by the Orion confederation. Knowing that crystal skulls had been imbued with power by beings in Atlantis, they decide to utilise these hidden powers in raising a barrier around Erm.
After finding all the skulls, the avatars realised that there was one more to find which would bind the power to complete the barrier around the planet, the Golden Skull.
The Golden Skull had been in safekeeping with the Pleiadean council, who now had requested a being who could fly between worlds to return it to Erm; the dragon Geraunt.
Meanwhile, the avatars had requested various groups to combine to complete the mission of fetching the skull from the dragon and thereby erecting the barrier and while they are doing this, there are other mysteries revealed.

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Publié par	Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd
Date de parution	31 juillet 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781528992855
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Golden Skull
Avril Flower and Shelkara
Austin Macauley Publishers
2020-07-31
Golden Skull About the Author Dedication Copyright Information © Acknowledgement Characters of the Golden Skull Guardians and Cohorts Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-One Chapter Twenty-Two Chapter Twenty-Three Chapter Twenty-Four Chapter Twenty-Five Chapter Twenty-Six Chapter Twenty-Seven Chapter Twenty-Eight Chapter Twenty-Nine Chapter Thirty Chapter Thirty-One Chapter Thirty-Two Chapter Thirty-Three Chapter Thirty-Four Chapter Thirty-Five Chapter Thirty-Six Chapter Thirty-Seven Chapter Thirty-Eight Epilogue
About the Author
Avril Flower was born in the Isle of Man; a land of mystics and fairies. She gained distinction in higher schools in Eng. Lang. and Eng. Lit.
After she married, she lived on tea plantations in India for seven years, where three of her four children were born.
She assisted her husband with his novel about romance in a tea garden.
Once she had emigrated, she taught Primary School in low decile schools in N.Z. for 37 years.
She had always been interested in Fantasy and Science Fiction, and has written two previous books in this series.
When Avril became ill, she asked her daughter to finish the third book of the trilogy. Which her daughter has done with some trepidation as she is not an English scholar. Hopefully this has been done without too much of a change from when Avril finished and Shelkara took over.
Dedication
This is dedicated to Avril and Oliver Flower, parents extraordinaire.
Copyright Information ©
Avril Flower and Shelkara (2020)
The right of Avril Flower and Shelkara to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with section 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
Any person who commits any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.
A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.
ISBN 9781528992848 (Paperback)
ISBN 9781528992855 (ePub e-book)
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First Published (2020)
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Acknowledgement
Thanks to all members of our family, close and far, who offered encouragement and emotional support, and our writers’ group who helped, guided and kept us on track, Marion, Rod, Claire and Don.
Characters of the Golden Skull

Guardians and Cohorts
Manannan mac Lir . One of the guardians of the land.
Dhu . Mystical black dog. Often found with Manannan mac Lir.
Lugh . Lord of Light, one of the guardians of Erm.
Villa . Real name Teevil, Princess of the Sea. She has many agents working for her throughout Erm, one of the guardians.
Guardian Sang . Oriental cat living with the Dutts in this lifetime.
Finnordrhee Finna. Elf sprite, working for Villa.
Findhan . Cousin of Finna, has a weaker constitution.
Rhu . Married to James in the island way. A shape-shifter into cat form.
Godred Crovan . King Orry, ancestor of James.
Tangaroa . A mystical Sea God from the Southern Ocean.
Geraunt . The guardian dragon of Stormhold Isles.
Ezzmeralda Geraunt’s long lost partner.
Azzurrilyn Ezzmeralda’s younger sister, now the communications monitor for the Pleiadian Council.
James Dutt . (Jake) A young man from Lunti, in the south of Erm. He has hidden powers, which he is not aware of, from ancestors in Xann.
Fenella Dutt . James’ mother.
Bill Dutt . James’ father.
Maryanne Lloyd . Agent of Villa’s working for the Vert Movement.
Bron . Villa’s agent on freighter.
Dolphins
Roft . One of the dolphins captured by scientists.
Rungan . One of the dolphins, friend of Roft.
Delphi . Partner to Roft.
Suni . Leader of the pod. Roft’s mother.
Rheddi and Dron . Dolphins from a different pod.
Inner Land People
Arabis . Inhabitant of the Inner Land. She communes with dolphins and keeps track of their journeys.
Silverwand . Leader of the peoples of the Inner Land.
Aelil . Brother of Arabis.
Starre . In love with Arabis.
Ermond . Crystal scientist in the ‘Pyramid’.
Justin . Young apprentice in the ‘Pyramid’.
Jadannans
Jara . The Jada of Jadanna, King of Jadanna. On the continent of Dakana. He has been elected President of World Conference.
Prince Dunn. The Jara’s first-born son and heir.
Serena . Eldest daughter of the Jada. Kidnapped by Orions.
Barina. Youngest daughter of the Jada, Serena’s sister.
Delia . Friend of Serena’s, wife of Anton.
Anton de Blanc . Attaché to the Jada, married to Delia.
Jaime . Second wife to the Jada, Serena’s and Barina’s mother.
Horse People
Merthaylis . Horse Lord of Strevia, married to Troy – her second husband.
Merthsandra . The younger twin of Merthaylis, who had an affair with Merthaylis’ first husband.
Merthsalla . Younger sister to Merthaylis and Merthsandra.
Alyssandra . Merthaylis’ first-born daughter with Jerain.
Jerain . Merthaylis’ first husband from the Eagle clan who was banned from the plains with Merthsandra.
Andreas . Merthaylis’ father.
Troy . Merth’s second husband and half-brother to Lex.
Rahadir . One of Prince Dunn’s men who left and joined the Horse people and is wooing Merthsalla.
Rolf . One of Merth’s men on the plains.
Orions
Lord Kaspur . Lord of the Orions, in line for headship.
The Forcer . (Soljan) Force leader in charge of the Wandering Arrow .
Mikka . Known as Mike. An Orion crew member on an assignment to ensure the water supply for cooling systems from Erm is increased.
Shastura . Lord Kaspur’s bond mate.
Domio . Orionese agent aboard ‘Sun Seeker’.
Shem . People from an alien planet.
Lastur . The all-powerful leader of the Orions and Lord Kaspur’s father.
Others
Lex . Eyas’ husband and half-brother to Troy and Queen Caroline of Devronia.
Eyas Esse . Lex’s wife and one of the King of Rhind’s missing children (Estelle Eduward).
Madame Esse . Lex’s mother and Eyas’ guardian.
Trojan D’Auton . Friend of Lex and Troy married to Queen Caroline.
Eugenie Eduward . one of the King of Rhind’s missing children.
Richard Eduward . Eugenie’s carer and partner.
Ethan Ed . Boatman.
Mary Tully . Eugenie’s cook who had helped looking after her when she was young.
Mntoto . Afreet President.
Clint Johnson . Prime leader of Tralia.
Brad Mullins in league with the Orions to get money and power. Wants to overthrow the Jara.
Reg Spark . Captain of vessel carrying the scientists working for Brad Mullins.
Bill Green . A scientist in charge of captured dolphins.
Joe Martin . A scientist who loves the dolphins.
Denise Shang . Shinan agent in Rhinga.
Chapter One
James woke from the dream with a feeling of horror and agony. He sat up abruptly, peeling off the layers of covers, and was aware he had woken with cramp in his thigh. He jumped out of bed and stretched his muscles while standing on the cold of the marble floor. When the pain had subsided, he looked around at his surroundings. Of course! They had returned to Jadanna. On what appeared to be, final leave. Still feeling a trifle strange, he walked out of the bedroom leaving Serena contentedly asleep. He walked cautiously to the balcony adjacent to the bedroom and gazed out over the sleeping city.
This was the first time he had visited Serena’s home since their hurried wedding on their previous leave. In fact, it had been so hurried he had not been able to contact his parents to have them be there for the ceremony. The leave had been only a matter of days, which included the wedding and a couple of days on honeymoon before they were sent back on the observation mission.
James was quite overawed by the opulence of the city, with its marble palaces and shining spires. He knew her father was the Jada of Jadanna, but had expected a simpler land and a people less sophisticated. The city as it spread out in front of him, with its myriad roofs shining in the early morning light, was totally absorbing. It spoke to him of intrigue, plots and adventure.
Leaning on the balcony, James could smell the astringent air blowing in from the sea. The cool of the night belied the heat of the day, which he had found stifling and uncomfortable. He considered their future. Since the member from Argent had demanded their release from the supervision of Orion. The World Council had voted that a relay of supervisors should be appointed on a three-yearly posting, to be watchdogs. They were needed, as the Orions could not be trusted to keep the amount of water they were pilfering from Erm at a sustainable level. Although they had an additional supply, it was more difficult to mine ice from the comet, and they would rather just siphon water from Erm. He supposed that in the future they might be wanted again, particularly as Serena knew the language well and he was starting to pick up more than just the basic smatterings of it, but they needed occupation in the interim.
There was a swoosh of sound as a night heron dropped from the roof and perched on the balustrade of the balcony. A pair of gleaming eyes scrutinised James as he stood in the shadows. James fingered his earring, given him by Vi